Collocations for "depression"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "depression" in context.
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depression
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- has struggled with depression for [years, over a decade]
- has always struggled with depression
- is struggling with depression
- fell into depression after the [divorce, job loss]
- depression brought [on, about] by
- depression runs in the family
- a common sign of depression
- talk [to, with] somebody about your depression
- [get, seek] help for your depression
- take medication for your depression
- caused by depression
- can often cause depression
- depression in [children, men, students]
- depression and other mental illnesses
- commonly associated with depression
- severe depression
- a severe [bout, case] of depression
- to treat depression
- treat depression (with)
- managed to get over (the) depression
- diagnosed with clinical depression
- the severity of her depression
- [postpartum, seasonal] depression
- an economic depression
- the country is going through a depression
- the country is coming out of a depression
- the depression was caused by...
- in order to end the depression
- are stuck in a depression
- have been hit hard by the depression
- the depression [mostly, only] affected...
- were most affected by the depression
- were able to avoid a depression (by)
- struggled to get by during the depression
- the Great Depression
- lived [through, during] the Great Depression
- survived the Great Depression
- depression in the [stock, housing] market
- depressions on the [trunk, surface, water]
- meteorology: tropical depressions are expected
'depression' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):